Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News

Investigation ongoing at Star Lodge fire
A woman is in police custody and fire investigators are on site after the Star Lodge Motel on West Columbia street was badly damaged by a fire. More than 15 Kamloops Fire Rescue members responded to a...
Kayla Derkach Nov 11, 2015

Sorrento street names: Remembering Everyday
Almost every town has a Cenotaph that honour soldiers who have died for our freedom, but how many communities have found a way to commemorate battles on a walk or drive through town? In Sorrento -reme...
Kayla Derkach Nov 11, 2015

Kamloops Cenotaph needs upgrades
It’s a constant reminder of the ultimate sacrifice our soldiers have made. The Memorial Hill Cenotaph in Kamloops holds hundreds of local names, commemorating soldiers who lost their lives. The ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 11, 2015

Scandal building within TRU trades program
There's trouble in the trades at TRU. Instructors in the Faculty of Trades have issued a vote of non-confidence in dean Lindsay Langill. Langill is out of the country, and was not available to comment...
Kayla Derkach Nov 10, 2015

Weather Contrasts: Highways passes snow covered
If you’re looking to travel in the next few days you should know that the mountain passes don’t look anything like the valleys in the BC Interior. Bob Gilowski of VSA Highway Maintenance s...
Kayla Derkach Nov 10, 2015

First tracks at Sun Peaks Resort
Ski teams from BC and Alberta had the chance to take a few runs Monday at Sun Peaks. “Mountain crews have been making snow since late October”, explains Erik Meertens, Director of Mountain...
Kayla Derkach Nov 10, 2015

Walmart Employee Stabbed Trying to Prevent Theft
A Walmart loss prevention officer is recovering today after he was stabbed while doing his job. Corporal Cheryl Bush says Kamloops RCMP were called to the Kamloops Walmart in the early evening. “...
Kayla Derkach Nov 09, 2015

No arts centre means parking congestion remains
Saturday’s vote to reject the performing arts centre means no parkade either, and the struggle for some to find parking downtown will continue. “It’s always been an issue,” say...
Kayla Derkach Nov 09, 2015

Arts community disappointed in PAC vote
It was a project that was intended to revitalize downtown Kamloops, stimulate the local arts community, and provide economic growth to the City. But over the weekend, Kamloops residents shot down the ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 09, 2015

PAC Referendum: Centre Rejected
Kamloops residents have had their say, rejecting the Performing Arts Centre and Parkade Complex. 31.97% of eligible voters cast a ballot in the referendum. Of those 53.74% voted against the centre and...
Kayla Derkach Nov 07, 2015

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